Runs on the phone your team already carries. No extra device to issue, charge, or replace.
Duress App for government in United Kingdom.
Duress App smartphone duress. no extra hardware. Built for government teams across United Kingdom.
Where Duress App earns its place on a government shift.
Why Duress App fits government teams in United Kingdom.
Two-way audio direct to the Operations Centre. Operators listen, locate and dispatch within seconds.
Slide to send live location and audio to operators. Hard to misfire, fast under pressure.
Scheduled check-in prompts. If a user misses one, the Operations Centre is notified automatically.
Where Duress earns its place on a government shift.
Each scenario maps to a Duress product and to an outcome we can show in the audit log.
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App ›A community worker on a public housing doorstep.
Duress App on the phone they already carry. Slide to alert, live audio to operators, manager paged in parallel. No second device to explain to the tenant.
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Falcon ›A parking inspector after dark, alone.
Falcon on the wrist with Bluetooth-beacon indoor positioning in car parks, GPS outdoors. Fall detection auto-escalates if they're knocked to the ground.
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Eagle ›A field inspector covering 600 km of rural roads.
Eagle on 4G LTE with live breadcrumb to dispatch. SOS reaches an operator in seconds. BLE beacons provide indoor positioning on site.
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Phoenix ›A court support officer in a contested hearing.
Phoenix under the lanyard, silent activation when escalation rises. No alarm sound to inflame the room. Just a live operator, sheriff paged, and a recorded audit trail of the exchange.
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App ›A council compliance officer at a difficult inspection.
Slide-to-alert from the Duress App, live location and audio to operators. Council security and police dispatch routed through the existing internal escalation path before the officer needs to ask.
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PathfinderAnnual compliance audit, agency assurance report.
Pathfinder produces a full activation log: time, location, officer, audio, video, dispatch route, outcome. APS-style assurance evidence without manual reconstruction.
Safety that escalates itself.
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Slide-to-alert.
Slide to send live location and audio to operators. Hard to misfire, fast under pressure.
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Safety Timer.
Start a countdown before a risky task. If it isn't cancelled, an alert is raised automatically.
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Check-in prompts.
Periodic check-in prompts. If a user misses one, the Operations Centre is notified.
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Medical ID.
Operators see medical conditions and emergency contacts at the moment of an alert. Stored in the app, never shared off-shift.
Designed to disappear into the background.
Less than 2% phone-battery impact in background mode. Safety timer and check-in keep working with the phone locked.
0devices Extra hardware to carry, charge, or lose.
<2% Phone battery impact in background mode, even with the safety timer running.
Maps to the acts your auditors quote in United Kingdom.
Primary obligation
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
UK government employers fall under HSWA 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and the Civil Service Code. Data residency aligns with the Government Security Classifications policy at OFFICIAL level. Local authorities additionally have Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to consider.
Also relevant
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Government Security Classifications policy
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Section 17. Local authorities)
- HSE INDG69: Violence at work
The mapping above is current as of publication. Get the security pack for the full posture document your compliance team will ask for.